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On 12/15/2018 at 3:01 AM, coopaloop1234 said:

Decided to use up some left over padskins to spruce up the gear for the holidays. 

You're making me hungry for lasagna...

51 minutes ago, cuprajake said:

So few bits 

Ccm e3.9 set

Heavy, stiff and bulky. Glove was nice but set went back 

Ccm r1.9 pants to replace my tierd ccm pens pants these will be good.

I have a set of warrior g4 gloves and a pair of warrior gt pads coming today, these will replace my full g4 set as I found the pads tad to big and stiff 

Wosrt bit the UK and EU only had white as an option. Yep I'm that goalie now

Too bad, nice looking set.

Do you know is the e3.9 similar to the pro pads in terms of weight and bulk? My son has a Eflex 860 (SR) set, and I compared his blocker to my Brian's SZ Pro, and the CCM is noticeably heavier. I was wondering if the CCM Eflex Pro blocker is the same weight (?) 

5 hours ago, RichMan said:

Just won this on Ebay. It's the TGC spec...hope I like it. Big upgrade from my pro-spec H5 from some years ago. Should also be a little better than my Mckenney 870. Starting to feel some sore shots in the arms.

You mean a downgrade from your H5?  But seriously, I got a few years left in my H5 and still think it's the best CA ever made. Light, protective, mobile. Ticks all the boxes. Just needs a heartguard maybe. But since I'm heartless, it doesn't matter  I've got a Bauer Reactor 9000 CA lined up next, and the Warrior R/GT felt pretty mobile in the shop. But Somebody should really make clones of the H5, it's like the T5500 of CA's. 

A few from last night. We got destroyed, but I had a good time, I'd rather be taking shots all night than standing around doing nothing First pic was a sweet glove save of a rocket from the top of the faceoff circles

On 11/21/2018 at 2:07 AM, AG37 said:

A few recent ones. I love the 1S blocker so much I go non matching now, anyone want to skin me one in silver??

Those banners are sweet.

16 hours ago, RichMan said:

Don't know. You'd have to go visit the Graf Hockey FB page and ask. Other than True and small Canadian/USA companies, is there really anything from the big boys not made overseas anymore?

I've never seen Graf skates made anywhere outside Canada or Switzerland. Which are somehow two separate entities (Graf Switzerland and Graf Canada)

Graf Switzerland's website says "Made in Switzerland" right on top.

Graf Canada seems to have been bought by Vaughn, and talks about making them in Ontario.

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In August 2016, Vaughn Custom Sports was granted the manufacturing and distribution rights for GRAF hockey products in United States and Canada. Currently a new factory for the manufacturing of GRAF skates is being established in London Ontario and will be operational in the summer of 2017. GRAF skates are legendary for their comfort, performance, and quality. It is with great pride we continue with the GRAF tradition of high quality products and innovation that only the expertise and craftsmanship that is designed in each GRAF skate can provide. 

The GRAF and Vaughn brands are the only major privately owned brands left in hockey, family run, with a lifelong dedication to the sport. We are committed to bring only the finest quality product to the market to provide the ultimate performance and value to each product.

https://grafhockey.com/about-us/

17 hours ago, MTH said:

Maybe the

'Seattle Hockey Club'

We have no name or mascot that could offend anyone... If this name offends you, please contact us. We're apologize for being insensitive.

Even better. The Seattle Liberals. The team must be made up of 50% men, 50% women, 50% "people of color", 50% "people of non-color"....jerseys are blank not to offend anyone, they don't keep score and at the end everyone gets a participation trophy.

(....actually sound more like communists...altho the communists were actually better at hockey..)

How about the Seattle Antifas? They can have an all-black jersey with a burning car logo on it. Everybody kneels during the anthems, then flips over the goals and trashes everything, decries the league's patriarchy and fascist repression, and then leaves.

4 hours ago, SaveByRichter35 said:

Only got a few good pictures of me during our semifinal game from two weeks ago.  It was a 6-0 shutout. 

You look pretty happy for just letting in 6 goals

...and you got a pro photographer at all your games? Most of us are happy to get a blurry cellphone pic by somebodys gf, lol

3 hours ago, Naz said:

Play them, in games only though.  Super happy about finding the Louisville, when it DOES break I will use it as the template for trimming future paddles.  I love the shoulders of a Louisville stick.

I've got a new 4 pack of Louisville sticks just like that, but white shafts, and two new Xhale carbon sticks. It's in my parents basement. If you or anyone is interested, send me a PM and we can work something out. Around $50 a stick plus shipping from New York

40 minutes ago, Mroy31 said:

One day you'll be wheeling your tower bag into the rink to strap on your magnet pads and think "I really should have been doing this all along"

I'm already saying that when it's viagra and defribulator night with the seniors team

Just now, coopaloop1234 said:

What's wrong with pre-school?

Playtime
Snacks
Naps
 

Sounds pretty fucking good to me.

...yea, but you left out the best part: you can scream and poop in your pants, and nobody calls the cops on you

14 minutes ago, coopaloop1234 said:

Most just use velcro which does the same thing but is less gimmicky.

Or actual straps which does the same thing but is less pre-school 

I'm on V4's right now, but I guess by the time I get to V8's I'll probably be around 80 and maybe those magnetic clips will come in handy if I'm too old and senile to do my actual straps

On 8/24/2018 at 4:08 PM, Mroy31 said:

These will either be used on my c/a or on some professor straps for my 2S set. Didn't manage to get the full RRC straps from Vaughn (just ordered replacement parts from a retailer), so I might try to fashion some myself

What is that?

9 hours ago, seagoal said:

Wow.  Awesome looking set on Vaughn Instagram 

Why two sets of gloves? Cuz they wear faster than leg pads and CAs?

10 hours ago, IPv6Freely said:

And of course... got to have one of me fishing the puck out of the net...

...not fishing it out of the net...you were stopping it on the line. ..c'mon dude, get with the program

....Newman....

21 hours ago, SaveByRichter35 said:

On 5/23/2018 at 6:05 PM, Dunsnd said:

Photos from the previous season (2017-18)

Gear Present:

Pads - CCM EFlex 2's, Glove - Vaughn v6 2200, Blocker - CCM Premier, C&A - v7 XF Pro (custom), Pants - CCM Premier, Helmet - Bauer 960xpm, Sticks - Sherwood GS350 (if anyone knows where they still have those let me know), Skates - CCM Ribcor 44k

The other goalie on my team bought a new glove, but they only had it in black in the shop, and he was feeling a little down about it because it wasn't matching his mostly white other white gear. Then I saw a pro goalie on TV with a black glove...and then another...and now you. Is this a "thing" now? Or just a string of coincidences?

14 minutes ago, ruckus007 said:

it's car door edge protector I got from Amazon!

Haha, brilliant!

Like the blue/white. What's the blue rubber trim around the edges? Never saw that before.

On 2/6/2018 at 8:06 PM, BadAngle41 said:

Thanks for not asking if I somehow manage to pee on it as well... Peeing in your gear... how is that a thread???

If you can pee on your mask's harness straps, you might need to see a doctor. Or look into a career in the adult film industry.

I mean the Bauer Reactor 9000, it's their "hybrid" CA (opposed to the Supreme "butterfly" CA).

The 9000 is a great unit. I don't know what they changed it to now, I guess 1X is hybrid? Altho I just looked quick and the 1X chesty looks nothing like the Reactor.

Does any goalie in the NHL use a Bauer Reactor (ie: not Supreme) chest? I just got one and love it, very mobile and protective. Kinda surprised to see alot of SUpremes on this thread and not any Reactor (unless I missed it?)

8 minutes ago, mik said:

Don´t do that, you have nice colour combo and match even the black-red Jersey. btw. when you change colours of your equipment, your team sooner or later changes colours of jerseys. Sometimes I think that they do that intentionaly .   

Yea, it's not too bad...and we do have one sponsor with some blue in their ad, so I justify it to myself that my pads match to that 

...any way, I'm doing what I can to change our logos and colors when we get new jerseys in a year or two. ...or else yea, I'll just find a team with blue/black jerseys and switch to that team 

19 hours ago, SaveByRichter35 said:

No.  I try to get rid of my old stuff.  I still have some pieces that are having a hard time finding a new home.  Older skates and one barely used Sherwood 9950 stick.

edit - Though I have to admit, idk wtf I am going to do if I ever do get a matching set for my team.  Wife would flip if I have two sets of everything(nor do I feel the need to have two of everything) but if I get rid of my current set then I basically get rid of my Richter persona...

Yea, I have that problem too. I normally buy White/Blue/Black gear, becauseit's the Estonian national colors, and I just like them. Usually, it manages to match my teams. But right now, I'm playing on 2 teams, and both are red/black. I'm tempted to buy red/black gear, because it would match BOTH my teams, and make sense. ...but then I would lose the blue/black/white scheme I have worn for almost 20 years

11 hours ago, Punisher Goalie said:

Simply could not resist the pro stock CCM pants on GoalieMonkey. Picked these up to go with my Bucky tan Optiks. They look and feel excellent. Now I just need a jersey that goes with them!

Sweet pants. Would match my team perfect

11 minutes ago, GP33 said:

I'm not normally into retro pads, but those are cool. What are they?